Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
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“Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.”
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“Don't worry about what your mother thinks of your language.”
“There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries.”
“There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.”
“If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.”
“Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.”
“I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!”
“I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.”
“I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.”
“I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.”
“I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.”
“It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.”
“I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.”
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“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
Source: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
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